Meerkats, Blooms Nursery, near Swindon
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Meerkats, Blooms Nursery, near Swindon
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 24 Mar 2012
Blooms Nursery and Garden Centre also has attractions including a butterfly house and a small collection of domestic and wild animals. There is a family of meerkats who are fed several times a day. This trio are foraging for food just provided for them. Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) are native to the desert regions of southern Africa such as the Namib and Kalahari deserts. More on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerkat
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Image Location
Latitude
51.537341
Longitude
-1.845968